Resource Management

Fire Management Program

After many years of fire exclusion, an ecosystem that needs periodic fire becomes unhealthy. Trees are stressed by overcrowding; fire-dependent species disappear; and flammable fuels build up and become hazardous. However, the right fire at the right place at the right time helps maintain healthy forests, communities and watersheds. (Click photo to see more).

In 2016, fire managers successfully treated 34,466 acres on the Forests through prescribed fire. Over the last 10 years, an average of 29,312 acres have been treated through prescribed fire per year. See examples of #GoodFire at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmeWVpxT

2018 Prescribed Fire Program & Alerts

When conditions are just right, fire managers begin the prescribed fire treatments essential to improving wildlife habitat and maintaining a healthy forest. Approximately 32,000 acres across the Forests may be treated through mid-May 2018.